Tether



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B. L. MITCHELL TBTHER.

No. 379,485. Patented Mar. 13, 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICEo BENJAMIN LEE MITCHELL, OF VVILTON, VISCONSIN.

TETHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 379,485, dated March 13, -1888.

Application tiled August 10, 1887.

y To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, BENJAMIN LEE MITCH- ELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vilton, in the county of Monroe and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tethers; and I (lo declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description ofthe invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it-appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and tigures ot' reference marked thereon, which form a part of this speciti'cation.

This invention relates to tethers or devi-es for restraining animals within certain limits while grazing, and has for its object to simplify and improve this class of devices and appliances, whereby two or more animals may be kept separated and conti ned within certain limits.

The improvement consists in the novel and peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, which will be more fully hereinafter set forth and claimed, and shown in the annexed drawings, in which- Figurel is a perspective view of a tether embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 a section on the line X X of Fig. l.

The ropes or wires A are anchored at each end to theground and pass over braces @,whieh support them at any desired distance above l Serial No. 246,590. (No model.)

the ground. The cross-bar carrier or yoke C is supported at each end upon the Wires by the eyelets d in such a manner that it can slide back and forth thereon. The ring or link D, to which the halter-strap is fastened, is mounted and slides on the guide-rod E, secured at each end to the ends ot' the cross-bar or yoke. The animal haltered to the link D can move back and forth the length of the Wires A and laterally the distance of the guider-od E.

The device is simple and compact, and can be readily set up and taken down and moved from place to place.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim,.and desire to secure by Letters Patent,V

The herein-described tether, composed of the twoparallel Wires A, anchored at each end, the braces a, for holding the main portion of the wires above the ground, the cross-bar or yoke C, mounted at its ends upon the Wires, the guiderod E, attached to the yoke C, and the halter applied to the guide-rod, substantiall y as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

, BENJAMIN LEE MITCHELL.

Vitnesses:

E. E. Tiros, ANTON STORBER. 

